Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Whatever

When
you ask, last minute, if anyone has any ideas for a blog theme this week “or
should we just write about whatever” … “Whatever” becomes the theme.

Whatever.

I
usually take a scatterbrained, stream of consciousness approach anyway, so
this’ll be great.

I was
in the coffee shop this afternoon, attempting to reach adequate caffeination
for achieving coherent thought, and alternating between work-work and writing
work … when a childhood friend recently back in town walked in.

A long
overdue catchup was far more important than any work at that moment. So we closed
the place down (it’s the one not open particularly late) while sending off a
couple emails & texts but mostly just catching up.

Speaking
of catching up … for my regular readers who are aware my house went on the
market one week ago today … it’s in contract already. Praise Jesus. My
Cinderella-esque scrubbing of the floors was not for naught. The Old Englishing
by multiple parties was worth it. A few weeks ‘til closing and then onward …

I may
have celebrated with Starbucks iced green tea and a mani/pedi the other day.

J

I
totally have Princess Ariel toes. No, not webbed and mermaid-like. Aqua with
glitter.

Sometimes
life goes according to plan, and mostly it does not. It just doesn’t. Sunday’s
sermon was on the subject of Gideon and “How God Turns Nobodies into Somebodies”.
The story is all the way back in the Old Testament in Judges 6 and 7. Joshua
Judges Ruth. Just like the Lyle Lovett album. What an odd little story, that of
Gideon. Are any of us that obedient to God’s will? Oh hey dude who is hiding
out threshing wheat in secret so as not to be caught by the enemy who has laid
waste to the land and everything … go rip down the Asherah pole and then gather
an army and then weed ‘em out to a ridiculously miniscule number by some bizarre
means and then defeat the enemy’s giant army pretty much just by making a lot
of noise.

But
God.

Gideon
and his Israelite peeps certainly didn’t have plans anything like how it
actually went down.

Also
none of the Latin translations I’m seeing on the interwebs for “laid waste”
sound familiar. We used to talk about laying waste all the time in Latin class.
And yeah. The memory is the first thing to go.

Speaking
of Latin.

You may
or may not be aware of the Catholic tradition of burying a St. Joseph’s statue upside
down in the front yard or a flower pot to ensure a quick sale of one’s house. Not
being Catholic, I’m only semi-familiar with the practice. It’s supposed to be
representative of and accompanied by asking for intercessory prayer from the
patron saint of homes. The previous owners of my house dug one up from a flower
pot on the front porch on closing day as I dropped off a few things and they
finished packing up.

Again
not being Catholic, I didn’t intend to do anything of the sort. During staging,
however, this did wind up backwards on a bed pillow. Granville Latin Club
members from the past, um, few decades (ack!), may recognize this symbol.

The Cult of the Evil
Black Sheep.

Just to
keep things fun, Magistra Collis sometimes had us translate sentences about
evil black sheep jumping off the roof.

And you
wonder why we are the way we are.

But my
house was on the market less than a week. Just sayin’.

Prayers
for a smooth closing process and happy campers all around are much appreciated.
To God, not sheep or Asherah poles of course.

A few
random pics of whatever …

Weeds and whatever.

Somewhat reminiscent of Wizard of Oz trees.

You call them weeds, I call them pretty spring color.

How MacGyver prepares to mow the ditch. Seriously, if you know where to find zip-up galoshes like this, give me a shout.

Free to a good home. Otherwise being passed down to the next owners. It's art.